Dott Projects
Student from Berwick Hill Primary
Urban Farming
During the summer and autumn of 2007, thousands of people living and working in Middlesbrough participated in a project to increase local food production and reduce food miles.

Along the way, young, old, rich and poor worked together, growing food and realising new relationships with local food producers and existing growers in the town and its surrounding area. Their goal has been to pioneer a new sustainable future – not just for Middlesbrough, but also other post-industrial communities across the UK.

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Dementia fact
Alzheimer100
Dott 07 asked service design firm thinkpublic, led by Deborah Szebeko, to work with Alzheimer’s Society branches throughout the North East to investigate the everyday problems experienced by Alzheimer’s patients and carers, and service providers. thinkpublic helped people record their experiences; they used film, diaries, interviewed one another, made prototypes, and drew. From these activities emerged a long list of common challenges faced by people during their journeys through dementia.

The key challenges identified were:
  • Social isolation, both of people with dementia and their carers
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A year of projects and events that explored what life in a sustainable region could be like - and how design could help us get there.
DE07 - living room
Design Event will deliver 28 events over 2008/09 throughout the North East of England. Visit the official website for details.
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Intersections 07 brought together leading thinkers in design to consider how design is evolving. Listen to the podcasts.
Does your postcode define who you are?
Do stereotypes used to define communities represent the lifestyles and characteristics of the people in them?
RSA Design Directions
In collaboration with Dott 07, RSA developed two projects as part of their student annual awards scheme. See the results.
Check out our festival images on Flickr. See the zones, visitors and entertainment. More to be added soon.
Check out our festival images on Flickr. See the zones, festival site, visitors, street entertainment and more.